The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-30
JOAQUIN MURLETTA, OUTLAW
a Fisneer's Story OF = Famous California
Bandips Career.

From ne San Josb Ee,cs
The following story is told by an old
pioneer q Is the cause thst LED to
known in San jose, and this, county was the
scene Of many daring and bloody exploit.
ing Into California from rom al directionsp and
from all countries. there lived near Sonora,
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cabin Of three rooms. and all who made their
with their happy countenances and the many
evidences Of their devotion to each other. Both
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English with considerable fluency. Murletta
was engaged in gardening, and along both
door Of his cottage the ground had been care
fully cultivated and was covered with numer-
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gardener worked and planned for, the future
native land he could hearth happy housewife
singing some sweet Spanish love song which
ne Wilson, 1F hm who had claim
all three were warm friends. Murietts was de:
With the none money ' received from ON Wilson Tor for
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There was whirl Of excitement; fortunes
wore lost and won at cards; murders were OF
were roaming tho hills and gulches. and their
eyes seemed to glare insanely as they peered
hs at
tsee were not disturbed for some time, but on
Sunday morning n April Wilson
seated outside OF tho door conversing
on their prospects and planning on the future.
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short distance below the cabin. all loaded with
mining, Implements. They, halted and COM
seemed 70 b highly satisfactory. for there was
general yell. and active min ginning operations
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mines worked almost constantly. They fol-
lowed the gold streak up the stream. and ct
tables q al varieties. Murietta and bis friend
p both to be sspspd the mne Of aHd
t&e garden but to 60 81 T. The other side until
They refused to heed the request and an
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reached town in two hours II was o'clock
In the afternoon whom returning he came in
gased. but could see no one around the house;
He his Mo no Of
thought that then filled his half-dazed brain
His cheek paied. and. ,leaptng over the
through the door; He stood appalled, at the
bound hand and foot lay Murietta. The
q tayss sns .Ssd ike ns left his Fys
incoherent' CHOKING sounds, While his BODY BODY
ths nan. Wilson M #. The roRss As thsy isIl
such as Dante alone coul Id describe. He rushed
into the bedroom. and there lay his wife appar-
emily her t9rn rS% her
perience through which she had passed Mu-
fIetta threw himself beside her on tho bed, and
casIdns her to hs ersd out
llngl Wilson stood faint with horror at the
scene and could not suppress chill at his
e. the frantic nGw LII en- en-
theml I will kill themI" Again and again
would he rush into the bedroom with endearing
mai up and down tho aoor Of the other room.
Wilson realized that 1t would be no use to en-
deavor to pacify the man. He had suffered an
soul Hehad witnessed that which had changed
his whole nature and blasted his whole life.
Wilson at length went to the bedside where
signs Of life, and took such means as were at
hand to revive her. He was successful. Her
husband took her In MS arr arms as Isl she We're
Ing her face with kisses. Before nightfall Mu--
rietta had become more calm outwardly but
S eR SHS s blood ss % nd ~ that ssf
placed with a friend, and physician sum-
Murletta disappeared. A week, afterward
Wilson learned that two men had been killed
near Columbus Within, three weeks three more
complete. He had avenged the outrage that
had blasted his life and was an outlaw.